Suresh Navaratnam

Suresh Navaratnam (born 7 October 1975) is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played more than 100 times for the Malaysia national cricket team since making his debut in 1993, scoring more runs and taking more wickets than any other player for Malaysia. He represented Malaysia at the 1994 ICC Trophy in Nairobi, Kenya, also playing again in the Suadara Cup match that year. Malaysia hosted the ICC Trophy in 1997 and Navaratnam played in seven matches in the tournament. This was followed by the ACC Trophy in Nepal. His last appearance for Malaysia in the 1990s was in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series of 1999. He missed the Suadara Cup match in 2003, but did play in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy, also representing Malaysia against the ECB National Academy. He also played in that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy, Saudara Cup and ACC Trophy, in addition to an ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Hong Kong.

In 2005, he again played in both the Stan Nagaiah Trophy and Saudara Cup in addition to ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Hong Kong and Nepal. He missed the Saudara Cup match in 2006, but did play in that year's Stan Nagaiah Trophy, also playing in the ACC Trophy that year as well as ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Hong Kong and Nepal. The following year, he played an ACC Premier League match against the UAE and the Saudara Cup match against Singapore. He most recently represented his country at the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup. He then continued to represent the country in the World Cricket League & Asian Cricket Council tournaments from 2009 - 2014.

In 2014 upon the completion of World Cricket League division 3 in Kuala Lumpur, Suresh finally bid farewell to international cricket and is to be said being involve in various development programs to help the growth of the game in Malaysia.

Statistics By the end of 2006, Navaratnam had played more than 100 matches for the national team, scoring more runs and taking more wickets than any other player for Malaysia. In 25 two-innings matches, he had scored 918 runs at an average of 22.39 and took 83 wickets at an average of 21.91. In 94 limited overs matches he had scored 2,444 runs at an average of 35.94 and taken 141 wickets at an average of 17.61.